A clan chief in Hargeisa Circa 1930s.
A ship containing slaves from Abyssinia belonging to Haji Sharmarke captained by his Omani Nakhuda en route to Basra Iraq was seized by the British Honourable Company Vessels of War, enforcing their ban on the slave trade on the Red Sea [1848]
Haldoorkii Sacad Yoonis ee qarnigii 18-aad, carro edeg ka arrimin jiray."
Xaaji Ducaale Idiris, markuu u safray America isagoo wiil yar ah, ayaa muujinaya bilow nololeed oo ka duwanaa inta badan faciiisa. Markuu 15 jir ahaa, waxa qortay H.M. Stanley sannadihii 1879–1884, xilli uu ku sugnaa Congo Free State, oo markii dambe isagu aasaasay wixii noqday DRC iyo Zaire.
Wuxuu ahaa ninkii Africaanka ugu qaalisanaa qarnigii 18-aad, uguna aqoonta badnaa—in qof Afrikaan ahi u gaadho heerkaas, gaar ahaan marka la eego da’diisa yar, waxay ahayd arrin mucjiso ah. Intaas waxaa dheer, wuxuu si fiican ugu hadli jiray Ingiriisi, Sawaaxili iyo Carabi, iyo afaf badan oo Afrikaan ah, taas oo sii xoojisay kaalintiisa.
Ducaale Idiris wuxuu ahaa wiil dhalay taliyaha Ciidanka Booliska ee Habr-Yoonis ee Cadan, halkaas oo uu ka soo bilaabay asal iyo xidid muuqda. Safarkiisii Ameerika isagoo yar, iyo ka qayb-qaadashadiisii hawlaha H.M. Stanley, waxay ka dhigeen qof si gaar ah uga dhex muuqda taariikhda.
Isaga oo weli da’ yar ah, wuxuu gaadhay heer aan caadi ahayn—taas oo ka dhigaysa sheekadiisa mid la yaab leh oo mudan in la xuso. Ducaale Idiris wuxuu ahaa aqoonyahan, siyaasi, ganacsade iyo turjumaan, isku darsaday xirfado iyo aqoon ballaadhan oo aan si fudud qof walba ugu iman.
Duceele Idiris was from the Habr Yoonis clan, specifically the Sacad Yoonis sub-clan.